PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 
For Ocroper, 1871. 
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The monthly meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, the 
4th October, at 9 P. mM. 
T. Oldham, Esq., LL. D., Vice-President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following presentations were laid on the table— 
1. From Raja Dhunapati Singh Bahédur—A copy of Prakria 
Manorama Vyakuranam. 
2. From the author—a copy of Satiparinaya, a Sanscrit poem, 
by Pandit Chandrakénta Tarkélankéra. 
3. From Rey. C. H. Dall, Report on the Brachiopoda, by 
'W. H. Dall. 
The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members— 
J. A. Aldis, Esq., Dr. A. Neil, J. O’Kinealy, Esq., C.S., J. A. 
Briggs, Esq., H. G. Cooke, Esq., Col. J. E. Evezard, 
J. M. Foster, Esq., M. D., Civil Surgeon, Nazeerah, Assam, pro- 
posed by Mr. J. Wood-Mason, seconded by Mr. H. F. Blanford, 
will be balloted for as a member of the Society at the next meeting. 
The Council reported that they have elected Dr. G. King, a 
member of their body. 
The Chairman, briefly referring to the sad loss which the Society 
had experienced by the cruel assassination of the late Offg. Chief- 
Justice, stated that the Council of the Society, of which Mr. Norman 
had for many years been an active and zealous member, had, at their 
last meeting, recorded their own expression of the pain with which 
